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“A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with light weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.”
― The Comedy of Errors
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with light weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.”
― The Comedy of Errors
“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.”
― A Book of Burlesques
― A Book of Burlesques
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
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“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
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